| NOUN | relation | filiation, descent, line of descent, lineage | the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors |
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| attribute | filiation, ancestry, lineage, derivation | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline |
| Meaning | The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors. | |
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| Synonyms | descent, line of descent, lineage | |
| Narrower | bilateral descent | line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family |
| unilateral descent | line of descent traced through one side of the family | |
| Broader | kinship, family relationship, relationship | (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption |
| Spanish | linaje | |
| Catalan | llinatge | |
| Verbs | filiate | fix the paternity of |
| Meaning | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline. | |
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| Synonyms | ancestry, lineage, derivation | |
| Attributes | crossbred | Bred from parents of different varieties or species |
| purebred | Bred for many generations from member of a recognized / recognized breed or strain | |
| Narrower | origin, descent, extraction | Properties attributable to your ancestry |
| pedigree, bloodline | ancestry of a purebred animal | |
| Broader | inheritance, hereditary pattern | (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents |
| Spanish | abolengo, alcurnia, ascendencia, linaje | |
| Catalan | ascendència, estirp, llinatge | |
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